Mud hook



. i fr Patented June 23, 1925. 1542,97.

ner A. wELLs,.-orLUcEnNE, MISSOURI.

` HUD Hoox.

y appunti@ nea february s4, 192s. serialvuo. 11,016.

To all whom it, may concern. 4of the wheel either by welding, bolting orBe it known that`I`, RAY A.- WELLS, a other suitable means, and one flane extends citizen of the United States," residin at outwardly to orrnablade or ege to dig Lucerne, in the county of Putnam and tate into the,ground to afford vthe necessary 5 of Missouri, have invented certain newand traction for the vehicle.A Such a construc- 60 useful Improvementsin Mud Hooks; and I tion admirably serves the purpose for which dodeclare the following to be' a' full, clear, it is intended except insoft earth, then the and exact description of the invention, such`surface of the angle cleats appears not to be as will enableothersskilled in the artto sufficient and as a result the wheel fre- ,.i whichitappertains to make and ruseI the quently spins. In other words, thevehicle 65 same, reference being had to the accom anyloses traction andcannot move forward or ing drawings. and to the figures o ref'ibackward.' erence marked thereon, which form a part invention consistsin providing an of this application. s easily attachable and readilyremovable This invention relates to tractor wheels mud hook consistingof an arm or bar 3 70 and particularly to a mud hook especially having alength co-extensive with the cleat adapted to be fastened to the cleatsnor- 2 to which it is attached and an integral, mally on the rim of thewheel, the mud angular extension 4 which projects-beyond hook beingespecially designed for use in the side edge of the wheel rim in a.plane 2o soft ground to prevent the wheel from spinparallel to the axisof the wheel. The ex- 75 ning. tension 4 carries a removable mudengaging Under ordinary conditions the cleats blade or tooth 5 having alength in excess normally located on the periphery of the of the widthsof both the cleat 2 and the wheel are sufficient to afford the necessarylbar 3. The edge of the tooth 5 is preftraction, but these are notsuiiicient to erably bevelled as at 6. The tooth is 80 prevent the wheelfrom spinning in mud fastened to the extensions by bolts 7 and or softearth, consequently I have provided similar bolts are used for removablysecuran attachment termed a mud hook which ing the bar4 3 to the cleat2, these bolts consists of a bar adapted to be removably vbei-ngdesignated by the reference numeral 8.

3 secured to the normal cleat and having an Under ordinary conditionsthe bar 3 and 85 end extending at an angle to the cleat but the tooth 5will not be used on the wheel, parallel with the axis-of the wheel, andthe the cleats 2 aiording the necessary traction. angular end may carrya removable blade, When, however, soft ground is encountered the widthof hich is greater than the it may be necessary to apply the bar 3,

width of thecleat. That is, the blade is with or without the teeth 5,but in. ver 9G in the form of a long wide tooth. It is soft ground theteeth 5 will be employed. adapted to ybe used in very muddy groun'd Oneof the important features of my inwhere the removable bar does not havevention is the construction which enables sufficient depth to afford thenecessary tracthe operator to easily apply the attachment 40 tion. andtake it 0E the wheel, and another im- 95 The novelty of the inventionwill be portant feature is the fact that the attachspeciiicallydescribed hereinafter, reference ment can be applied to the ordinarycleat being had to the accompanying drawings, without boring holes inthe rim or recon-V in whichstructing it to adapt itself to the attach#Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a wheel to ment. 10o which my inventionis applied, and Vhat I claim and desire to secure by Fig. 2 is adisassociated, perspective view Letters Patent is of the removable baror arm with the tooth l. A mud hook attachment for tractors or plateremoved.l comprising a flat bar having an end portion The tractor wheel1 and the diagonal extending from the main' body portion at 105 cleats 2on the rim thereof are commonly an angle thereto, the` end portionhaving -an used on tractors and this construction conedge to cut intothe ground, and a removable stitutes no part of my invention. The flatplate carried by the end portion, the cleats 2 are usually made of angleiron, one plate constituting a tooth of gleater Width flangebeingsuitably fastened to the rim than the width ofthe bar. 110

2. In combination With a having diagonal cleats on the tractor Wheel rimthereof,

mud-hook attachments for said cleats, the inud-hook attachmentscomprising bars hav- 111g body portions adapted to lie flat against thecleats, provided with angles to the body portions in extensions atplanes parallel to the axis of the Wheel extending beyond the side ofthe Wheel, and removable teeth on the extensions of greater lengths 1othan the Width of the cleats and the body portions of the bars.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

BAY A. WELLS.

